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![]() Hey guys I'm about to purchase a battery back up and another Mp40 to go with my mp10 and maxspec gyre, right now I have a RKL controller and when I feed or messing around cleaning the pumps or whatever use the standby mode which cuts the power to the plug in for 15 min (pretty standard)
Question is when I wire the Ecotech battery back-up into the mix won't the battery back up kick on when I use the controller to go into standby and just keep the pumps running ? Any idea's? Or am I going to have to manually shut off the power or standby both pumps if i want to go into feed mode ? Or maybe I'm Crazy and this is the point of the back up thanks Craig Dillman
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Current tank---125 gallon mixed reef 60 gallon sump, Reef octopus nw200 skimmer, Rapid LEDs, Maxspec gyre, Mp10s, Fuge, Biweekly 20% WC, QT everything |
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![]() If you hit feed mode through reef link it puts the pumps at 20% or what ever you set It to
In case of all out cutting power the pumps will go into a similar mode / speed. So technically it will work fine. Your pumps won't be off but will be at half the speed
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![]() I have had the same issue ever since I added the battery back up to my Gyre. I have the icecap controller which will pwr the gyre at 30% from the battery when pwr is lost. Trouble is when my auto feeder goes off my Apex programing cuts the gyre pwr and then the backup kicks in! 30% on the Gyre 150 is still a whole lot in my 100 gal display. My solution, so far I just live with it, as I am not smart enough to figure it out! The fish have to swim hard for their food! Love a solution, so I will watch this thread carefully.
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![]() Yea I'll have to see how it goes, the gyre will turn off the mp10 and mp40 will both be at low power mode so fish have to work a bit for the food (maybe it will be good for them lol)
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Current tank---125 gallon mixed reef 60 gallon sump, Reef octopus nw200 skimmer, Rapid LEDs, Maxspec gyre, Mp10s, Fuge, Biweekly 20% WC, QT everything |
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![]() I never use feed mode - the fish catch the food just fine. Do you think the waves shut off in the ocean or the prey sits still for them to catch it?
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![]() Yea it's funny sometimes I shut it off other times I just toss it in , I find with if I feed pellets or flakes ( which isn't much mostly use frozen) it gives them more chance before it goes into the overflow
But no matter guess from now on they will have to be quick
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Current tank---125 gallon mixed reef 60 gallon sump, Reef octopus nw200 skimmer, Rapid LEDs, Maxspec gyre, Mp10s, Fuge, Biweekly 20% WC, QT everything |